69 Hurst Olds ragtop for sale (1 of 2)

[69hurstSC]

Those mounting holes for that platform Linday is standing on should be a sure giveaway for authenticity.

[StealthBird]

Here's a photo of the manual antenna car taken from above.

[74NovaSS]

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Here's a photo of the manual antenna car taken from above.



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I wonder where that platform with the shifter is today.. How cool would that be to have sitting in the corner of the garage.

[Canuck]

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I have seen three 69 H/O converts over the years:

Whith recognition to the site owners I have included the cars at the sightings

Fisrst sighting
1986 Olds Nationals,Santa Clara CA. A fellow shops up with a tired 69 H/O Convert. It has gold carpet and suction cup marks on the trunk lid. his claim is its the original West Coast car. Car was tired looking with lots of dings and faded original paint.That is the car that is now for sale and subject of the original post.



from www.mantei.com

Second sighting
1987 Olds Nationals,Lansing MI. The car shown was driven out from Arizona and owned by one Jim Battle at the time. The car was displayed in a special display of significant Oldsmobiles at that event. Speculation was it was a clone.



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Third sighting
1997 Olds Nationals, Lansing. Car was presented with POP showing ownwrship by Hurst Engineering, purported to be George Hurst own car. Had an oversize ashtray mounted at the bottom of the drivers door panel. George liked his Cigars.This car had a regular antennae.



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If you look at early photos from the spring summer of 69,you will see a few distinguishing differences of the cars. In some photos one Ragtop had a standard antennae and the other had a power antennae on the rear quarter.The CA car now for sale does not have a power antennae and the car in Lansing in 1997 did not have a power antennae.
www.jeffmeister.com

Anybody else recall seeing these cars in person.

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Could cars #2 and 3 be the same car?. None of these have the power antennae on the rear quarter. Was that the car destroyed?


Paul

[SmallHurst]

Canuck,

I have a call in to my friend. I hope to have some of the air cleared by the end of this weekend.

[scorpio ps]

Rusty did u get my PM about Linda's vert.

[SmallHurst]

I talked with my friend and he said that his car is the one that Jim Battle had. His car is the remaining one of the first two. The one that was destroyed was the power antenna. The other car, possible one in the ad, was a late build car, had gold carpet, manual antenna, and the shifter looked like a 4-speed shifter, but was a strange variation of the dual gate. Last known condition was a ripped top and some holes in the floor pan.

[Canuck]

Rusty
Thanks for that info, it resolves the misinformation I had about the car i saw in Lansing in 1987. I spoke with Jim Battle a few years ago and the only time the car was linked to Hurst Engineering was when it was shown in Lansing 1997.

Now the open question is how did the car (with power antennae) shown at the introduction an the Tavern On The Green, get destroyed. I have heard two versions, one fell off a transport truck, but I also heard that was the fate of the 1970 Indy pace car. Version two, damaged at a track accident.

Maybe its still out there somewhere.


Paul

[SUSQ]

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Here's a photo of the manual antenna car taken from above.



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There's a car in the picture? Somehow I keep getting distracted. . .

[StriperSS]

An aerial shot of Linda Vaughn........ Gives a whole new perspective.